Jim Bolger
James Cyril Bolger (Dutch)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 23, 1932 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Purcell Marian (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1950
Final Game: September 18, 1959
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards
1950 CIN NL 18 OF 2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.15 2-0-0
1954 CIN NL 22 CF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -200.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.65
1954 CIN NL 22 OF 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0.5 -200.0 -0.5 -0.5 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.20
1955 CHC NL 23 OF 51 44 385.1 132 125 1 6 0 .955 4.7 14.6 6.7 5.4 1.3 -2 2.94 2.47 .977 2.30 2.10
1955 CHC NL 23 CF 49 44 379.1 128 123 1 4 0 .969 4.6 14.6 6.6 5.3 1.3 -2 2.94 2.53 .982 2.70 2.50
1955 CHC NL 23 LF 3 0 6.0 5 4 0 1 0 .800 0.1 20.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 6.00 1.33 .980 2.10 1.83
1957 CHC NL 25 OF 63 55 512.2 158 152 4 2 1 .987 0.7 1.6 0.7 1.9 -1.1 0 2.74 2.48 .980 2.29 2.07
1957 CHC NL 25 CF 31 30 273.2 101 98 2 1 0 .990 2.3 10.1 2.3 2.3 0.0 0 3.29 3.23 .985 2.82 2.62
1957 CHC NL 25 LF 22 20 180.0 38 38 0 0 0 1.000 -2.2 -14.7 -2.2 -0.5 -1.7 0 1.90 1.73 .976 2.03 1.71
1957 CHC NL 25 RF 17 5 59.0 13 11 1 1 1 .923 0.6 12.2 0.6 0.1 0.6 0 1.83 0.71 .977 1.98 1.72
1957 CHC NL 25 3B 3 2 21.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -0.2 -11.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.14 1.67 .957 2.96 2.70
1958 CHC NL 26 OF 37 20 178.2 50 46 1 3 0 .940 2.7 18.1 2.7 0.2 2.5 0 2.37 1.27 .980 2.26 1.95
1958 CHC NL 26 LF 28 15 126.1 35 34 1 0 0 1.000 3.4 32.3 3.4 1.4 2.0 0 2.49 1.25 .974 2.00 1.54
1958 CHC NL 26 RF 6 3 29.0 7 4 0 3 0 .571 -1.4 -57.9 -1.4 -1.3 -0.1 0 1.24 0.67 .986 2.02 1.73
1958 CHC NL 26 CF 5 2 23.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 36.0 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 3.09 1.60 .988 2.70 2.50
1959 PHI NL 27 OF 9 6 57.0 16 15 0 1 0 .938 0.8 16.8 0.8 0.0 0.8 0 2.37 1.67 .975 2.21 1.90
1959 PHI NL 27 LF 7 5 47.0 12 11 0 1 0 .917 0.1 2.6 0.1 -0.2 0.3 0 2.11 1.57 .975 2.05 1.59
1959 PHI NL 27 CF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 300.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.70 2.20
1959 PHI NL 27 RF 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.2 0.0 0 1.12 1.00 1.000 1.91 1.60
6 Seasons OF 164 125 1136.2 356 338 6 12 1 .966 8.4 8.9 10.4 7.0 3.5 -2 2.72 2.10 .979 2.29 2.05 62-88-24
5 Seasons CF 88 76 681.1 239 231 3 5 0 .979 7.6 13.4 9.6 7.2 2.4 -2 3.09 2.66 .984 2.75 2.54
4 Seasons (incomplete) LF 60 40 359.1 90 87 1 2 0 .978 1.4 4.7 1.4 0.8 0.6 0 2.20 1.47 .976 2.02 1.62
3 Seasons RF 24 9 96.0 21 16 1 4 1 .810 -0.6 -7.5 -0.6 -1.0 0.5 0 1.59 0.71 .981 1.99 1.72
1 Season 3B 3 2 21.0 7 2 3 2 0 .714 -0.2 -11.4 -0.2 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.14 1.67 .957 2.96 2.70
7 Seasons TOT 167 127 1157.2 363 340 9 14 1 .961 8.2 8.5 10.2 6.9 3.3 -2 0 2.71 2.09 .940 2.30 2.06 62-88-24
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1950 CIN NL 18 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
1951 CIN NL 19 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 CIN NL 22 5 0 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 2 1
1955 CHC NL 23 64 44 64 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 49 0 51 1 14
1957 CHC NL 25 112 57 112 112 0 0 0 0 3 0 22 31 17 63 42 1
1958 CHC NL 26 84 20 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 5 6 37 55 0
1959 PHI NL 27 35 6 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 1 9 29 0
1959 CLE AL 27 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 Seasons 312 127 312 312 0 0 0 0 3 0 62 88 24 164 137 16
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1954 CIN NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 93% 93% 14% 0
1955 CHC NL 23 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 8 1 0 5 1 1 5 0 0 7 6 0 31 12 38.7% 18 1 3.2% 0 1174 60% 75% 35% 137 65%
1957 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 9 4 0 12 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 9 8 0 36 13 36.1% 23 0 0.0% 2 1114 58% 74% 29% 140 65%
1958 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 103 83% 76% 35% 13 62%
1959 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 63% 88% 63% 2 100%
5 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 2 0 1 17 9 0 21 2 0 5 1 1 11 0 0 17 14 0 71 26 36.6% 44 1 1.4% 2 2413 60% 75% 32% 292 65%
MLB Averages 43.5% 2.2% 62% 79% 29% 58%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 CHC NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 17 47% 76% 29% 2 50%
1957 CHC NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 1 1 0 5 3 0 3 0 0 2 2 0 14 9 64.3% 5 0 0.0% 0 610 58% 78% 25% 47 49%
1958 CHC NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 492 60% 74% 33% 42 74%
1959 PHI NL 27 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 205 51% 82% 31% 22 50%
4 Seasons 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 6 0 5 2 0 6 3 0 4 1 0 5 5 0 27 17 63.0% 10 0 0.0% 0 1324 57% 77% 29% 113 58%
MLB Averages 56.5% 2.4% 62% 79% 29% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1957 CHC NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25.0% 3 0 0.0% 1 170 53% 72% 27% 15 67%
1958 CHC NL 26 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 3 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 62.5% 3 0 0.0% 0 144 63% 76% 21% 18 22%
1959 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 40% 70% 37% 1 100%
3 Seasons 4 0 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 1 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50.0% 6 0 0.0% 1 344 56% 74% 25% 34 44%
MLB Averages 43.3% 3.2% 62% 79% 29% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1957 CHC NL 25 99 57% 79% 21% 7 57% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
1 Season 99 57% 79% 21% 7 57% 0 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0%
MLB Averages 62% 79% 26% 89% 61%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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